The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-03-03
Maine Matters.


". 5. Tlton, formerly OF Toyus, and, although
now living i'll Bostcn, his interests arc all here
Gen. Tllton has always been interested in al
matters pertaining to the noble animal and ha.
not commenced to lose it even at this late day
Ihc announcement, a short time ago, that he
was TO leave Maine was received with genera
regret. or late he has been breeding in Ken.
lucky almost wholly, but in an interview with
Commercial reporter few days ago Gen
Iilton expressed himself as follows:
YES, | have about decided to return to
Maine and breed my horses hereafter. | be-
lleVe in hardy Maine mares, of Morgan blood
descendants Of Black Hawk and shall use them
wholly hereafter. OF course the climate adj
Naht;iges OF kentucky are far superior to those
OF Name. Colts develop earlier and of course
have made better records in the past; but be-
lieNe that this can he more than overcome by
JudlclouS feeding and careful housing and
these features should be carefully considered
by every BREEDER
Gen. Tiltons fine young stallion Kaiser. by
George W likes, he has sold TO VIM. II. Wilson,
the famous trottlng stock breeder at tynthi-
ana, NY, fer +,4Oo. Kaiser is now the conf
pahlon vi Sultan, the celebrated Californian
stallion, and the two probably excel any two
stations on one farm i'll kentucky, l. Emperor
by A"yonc, Gen Tiltvn's other noted stallion
has been sold to the Briar Hill stock farm in
kentucky. LEmpereur is splendid bred
animal. His liam was Fair Lady by Dictator.
dain by -\lnont and is now four years Old.
Noblc>-e AN own sister to L'Empcrcur is now
Two years Old and is the colt which is matched
to tGUt with Mr.. l.. l.. Norcross' st. Valentine
and MIR. c. ii. Nelson's Edna next fall. 1t will
he remembered that these gentlemen matched
their colts before the animals We're fUaled to
test he value of ine breeding, or the relative
merits OF their stations more than anything
else. Noble,>c is now iii Kentucky where she
has been raised. while the utlIer colts are in
Maine M1tl h4 i,l.,Irlf hon i'm Nuy
broken AN! educated. and the race Will be
trottei al one Of the two great fairs here the
coming fall rs may be agreed by the owner, of
the colts.
The best known stallion owned by Gen. Til
ton is the famous Constellation by A!mont dam
by a SON OF Blool's Black Hawk and grand
dam by Manbrino Chief. Constellation was
KEPT ia>t season at ii. +. lIaey's in Monroe
and Gen. Tiiiuh WAS 80 much pleased with the
results a the experiment in keeping him there
lhal ne has already closed Il contract with Mr..
Haley tur next season. Constellation is now
thirteen years old and his owner says that he
VIII make great record gttler OF fast
hor>c>. Gen. Tlltun says that he shall place
his trust in his animal and has decided to own
no olhcr. He will not breed him to unSound
mares a> he does moi believe in it at all. Neither
would he recommend any one else to Use 4;
stallion In that MANNER
Constellation has sired Il lar@c number of
horses which cali trot better than 80. One OF
the niosl famous of these Is Gi,narm which
made record of 2.23 3-4 AT NJ N>tic last Year.
lie has trrtted undcr 30 many times. IIliZzar
ana Henrietta have also beaten 30 many times.
Junior, another one of CONSIDERATIONS colts. is
owned by Iha>. NJ. Phillips of Somerset ILLS
and can beat 80 LoNi>ka the three year old
belonging t" ". Thompson. Of Canton. edi-
tor Of the Maine Horse Breeders Monthly
which made Il record Of u 81 last fall is an
other one of Conscientious and still others
might hr Mentioned. He is of the most
valuable OF our Maine horses.
THE SCHOOLS OF TIE STATE.
The annual report of the.>tatc Superintcnd-
nl Of schools l. issued. An examination of
HE volume shows that there has been ii de-
rc>e oi 800 III the total ntiiIlhci of scholars in
he state during the lIt>t wear. There has been
IN increased average daily attendance of The
summer and fail schools and about CORES
i1ondlny decreased attendance of the winter
and spring schools. The percentage of attell-
iaioe throughout the State las remained The
>ailie A. i'll lSsI. The returns received from
he schools of the State show "A decrease of
Wo day in the average length OF the schools
Tor the year as compared With iSS1. but this de-
Tease ii;,> been murr than offset 10y an increase
II .9O III the total number OF >chVo! Weeks dur
nc the wear.
The whole nulnbcr of schools in the Stale is
iN.A. an increase OF iG over lSS5. The number
same period. There are now in the State y
10" il> having the town system of schools. an
hcr'a>c OF 10 during the year. and represent
ig Il decrease OF l>1 in the number of school
districts and of 81 parts Of districts. The c>i-
nalei Nalue Of the >choo! property OF the State
: r|.ltEt 10. an increase of s2 .3i3 during The
Ja>I year. llie total current school Resources
AMOUNT 10 81 Sl.o7I.a16. whit, tl,r tolal current
,Npcuultlrc> ior the year amounted to II or
,lG.
After examining the statistics of the schools
lf the State with reference to the efficiency of
he same. superintendent Luce suggests the
'nactmcnt Of amendments TO the present school
avs 50 n to compel Regular and consecutive
tltcidancc OF scholars. to liz The minimum an
lua length Of all schools, to abolish the school
district system. 10 make more efficient the local
supervision of the schools and to compel all
oWn> to furnish free text books. The number
If free high schools maintained in the state
turing the year was 100, which We're attended
~ 9.403 scholars. The whole amount cXpend-
ii Tor the maintcnance of these schools was
4llo.2+11. All Increase of @l5,.55 over the year
ISe5
RECENT DEATHS.
Captain Albert Wood for many years Il COM
nander Of steamers along the coast of Maine,
lied recently in Groton. y. v, in hi, cigl-
.y->econd year. From 1862 to ls,i3 he had
,large of a transport OH the James River, and
soon after the close of the war he retired from
he sea. Captain " ood was "A member Of the
First Baptist Church of Portland. Me-, and he
bad joined Maine Lodge of Odd Fellows in
1913.
lri>tram Gollthwat, IA leading and respec-
ted citizen of Biddeford died Feb. 10, aged
aiehtytwo. He represented Bdleford in the
Legislature in 1888. 1899 and 1871, was once a
member of the Board of Assessors, was In
>pcctor of Customs for the Port of Saco under
President Taylor and was one of the first keep
ers OF Wood Island light house.
Moses Chandler. :, respected citizen of Farm
nston. died Feb IL aged ninety years. lie was
4 soldier of the war of 1872. represented his
town in the Legislature Of 1874. and has been
-clcctman.
Joseph Watts. a prominent citizen of Ten
ants llarbor, and il brother of Capt. Samuel
Waits, died suddenly in his chair Feb. Is, aged
eighty years.
\. 4. Bates. dentist and prominent citizen
ot Bath aged y years, died Feb. Is. of rheu-
nati>in. He was a member of Sagadahoc En-
/. o. o. f., and leaves widow and
four children. lie was i'll only ii few days.
TIE LEWISTON DIPLOMA Factory.
1t is Il too patent fact that even unidentified
sometimes have the faculty of pro-
curing an edueation--a vast amount of ''book-
larnlng, and Yet have not enough mother wit
to put it in practice. Well do we recollect the
lament of Il fond mother, when another NJ. d.,
fresh from the mill, located in Il country town:
Good Lord. are We forever doomed to he
upon 10y young physician,:' kenne-
bee Democrat.
1t has long been to us one of the cnigmas of
the time how much blind popular creduty
and ignorance in medical matters i'm our intei-
cent and shrewd New England people go hand
IN hand with the kecncst apprehension of fraud
IN the ordinary business of daily life. The
man who regulates his affairs by the rules of
common SENSE and would scout the idea of be-
i'll" taken for dupe in a horse trade. will fall
AN easy and willing victim to the parasitic
quackS who thrive on his fears and fatten Oh
hi> childlike faith in the manfestly absurd.
| Lewiston Gazette.
WANTED THE OPERATOR.
A telegraph operator in Maine city was one
day trying to call up AN office in a certain town
in the interior of the State, where the instru-
ment was presided over by "A woman. He was
about giving up in despair when the operator
lii another small town a few miles distant from
the first licked out the query What in
heavens name do you want?' IL want Miss
Brown at Burgvillc." replied the first operator
Il have been trying to get her for the last half
hour" THAT is nothing," came the reply
There is young fellow in the printing office
here who has been trying to get her for the
past half-tlozen years. and he has not succeeded
yet DO not get discouraged" kenncbec
Democrat.
LUMBERIN1i ON THE PENOBSCOT.
A careful estimate has been made of the
Penobscot numbering operations this winter.
The amount cut on the west branch will vary
but little from 4O500,OOO. The east branch
operations will amount to 81 100000. The cut
on the Passadumkeag will foot up 9,0S5 900,
while that on the Mattawamkeag is estimated at
20.OO0.0G0. The cut on the Piscataquis will